Jam Tarts

Serves: 12 peopleRecipe course: TartsTotal time (min.): 60Complexity (1 to 3): 1
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A simple sweet treat but an old favourite, also a great way to use up extra pastry and any jams or curds you have leftover.

Tools

Stand Mixers
K beater

Ingredients

Ingredients 1 
Butter  75 grams 
Plain flour  250 grams 
Salt  1 pinch 
Caster sugar  100 grams 
 
Ingredients 2 
Egg  1 beaten
Milk  2 Tbsp. 

Ingredients 3 
Jam  100 grams

Method

Prep. (Before you begin) 

Cut the butter into cubes and leave at room temperature to soften.

Getting started

​​​​​​​1- Fit the K beater to the machine.
2- Grease the muffin tin. 
 
Stage 1 
 
1- Add Ingredients 1 (butter, flour, salt, sugar) into the Mixer bowl.
2- Attach the Mixer bowl to the machine and fit the splash guard. 
3- Mix on speed 2 for 2 minutes. 
 
Stage 2 
 
1- Add Ingredients 2 (egg, milk) into the Mixer bowl.
2- Mix on speed 2 for 1 minute . 
3- Place the pastry onto a worksurface and knead together.
4- Wrap in plastic wrap.
5- Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
 
Stage 3 
 
1- Pre heat the oven to 180ºC.
2- Place the pastry onto a lightly floured worksurface.
3- Roll out the pastry until 1 mm thick.
4- Use a pastry cutter to cut out circles slightly bigger than the muffin pan holes.
5- Place the pastry circles into the muffin tin holes and lightly press down to shape.
6- Spoon Ingredients 3 (jam) into the muffin tin evenly.
7- Bake for 15 minutes at 180ºC.
8- Leave to cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes.
9- Turn out onto a wire rack and let cool. Serve.

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